Etymology

mortician

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Today it means: An undertaker or funeral director; especially, one who is also the embalmer or cremator. Full definition →

Latin mort-
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  1. Latin · derived frommort-“death”
  2. English todaymortician

From Latin mort- (“death”) + -ician.

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